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- From: w8sdz@SimTel.Coast.NET (Keith Petersen)
- Subject: How to upload to the SimTel msdos & win3 collections (950218)
-
- [File: /SimTel/msdos/filedocs/upload.inf Last revised Feb. 18, 1995]
-
- How to upload to SimTel, the Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm)
-
- SimTel does not publish instructions for uploading files for those who
- wish to submit their programs because we coordinate uploads by asking
- contributors to contact us first so we can check to make sure the
- program is not already in the repository.
-
- File uploads are accepted via FTP using a special uploading account
- or by e-mail using a special mailbox which does not interfere with
- regular correspondence.
-
- If you have a program to upload please send e-mail to me with a short
- description of the file you wish to submit and the method you will be
- using to upload (ftp, e-mail, or modem). Please do not use Garbo's
- upload description template for SimTel uploads. Information on SimTel's
- announcement format is included in the upload instructions file that you
- will receive. There is no charge for this service. Please do *not*
- send files to my mailbox.
-
- All uploads must run on or be related to the MS-DOS operating system or
- MS-Windows. Please do not include Visual Basic's VBRUNxxx.DLL in your
- package because it is already available from the SimTel collection.
- Please do not upload Windows NT programs because SimTel does not have
- an NT collection at this time.
-
- All files or programs must include documentation in the English language
- (other languages are allowed but English must also be included). There
- must be a file that the user can read, without running a program, which
- tells:
-
- 1. What the program does, and how to use it.
- 2. The program's status (Public Domain, FreeWare, ShareWare).
- 3. The program's distribution status (it must be freely distributable).
- 4. How to contact the author in case of questions or problems. If the
- author has an e-mail address it is recommended that it be included.
-
- If the user has to run a program to get this information there is a
- chicken-and-the-egg problem if that program does not run because of an
- incompatibility or a corrupted download.
-
- All files or programs must be in the English language (other languages
- are allowed but English must also be included). All upload announcements
- must be in English.
-
- Programs that stop working after a fixed date will not be accepted.
-
- Programs submitted to the SimTel collection may appear on CD-ROMs
- offered by several vendors. If the program you are submitting should
- not be distributed this way, or has restrictions on such distribution,
- please don't upload.
-
- Because the collection is available all over the world, we cannot
- accept programs that are or might be subject to U.S. technology export
- restrictions. This includes encryption/decryption programs.
-
- Programs that crack copy protection or passwords will not be accepted.
-
- Games are not accepted unless they are strictly educational. There
- are several sites on the Internet which specialize in other types of
- games.
-
- Thanks to all those who are actively supporting the repository by
- helping us keep up to date with the latest programs.
-
- Keith
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- Keith Petersen
- General Manager of SimTel, the Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm)
- Internet: w8sdz@SimTel.Coast.NET or w8sdz@Vela.ACS.Oakland.Edu
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